The Present State of Turkey: Or, A Description of the Political, Civil, and Religious Constitution, Government, and Laws, of the Ottoman Empire; the Finances, Military and Naval Establishments; the State of Learning, and of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; the Manners and Domestic Economy of the Turks and Other Subjects of the Grand Signor, &c., &c. Together with the Geographical, Political, and Civil, State of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. From Observations Made, During a Residence of Fifteen Years in Constantinople and the Turkish Provinces, 2 tomasJ. Mawman, 1809 - 436 psl. |
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... Eton has given a * I have taken this amount of the Turkish finances from Can- temir , who indeed says ( p . 170 , note 53 ) , that in his time " there were brought yearly into the two treasuries twenty - seven thousand purses , each ...
... Eton has given a * I have taken this amount of the Turkish finances from Can- temir , who indeed says ( p . 170 , note 53 ) , that in his time " there were brought yearly into the two treasuries twenty - seven thousand purses , each ...
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... Eton declares , " that he reasons only from facts , and trusts the impartial reader will draw the same conclusions , " it may perhaps not be thought superfluous to examine the merit of the facts themselves , which form the basis of his ...
... Eton declares , " that he reasons only from facts , and trusts the impartial reader will draw the same conclusions , " it may perhaps not be thought superfluous to examine the merit of the facts themselves , which form the basis of his ...
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... Eton " the annual redemption of the lives of all the males above fifteen years of age , who do not profess the Mahometan religion . " * See Tab . Gén . t . ii , chap . v , sec . 3 . The grand vizir Kioprili Mustafa Pasha first brought ...
... Eton " the annual redemption of the lives of all the males above fifteen years of age , who do not profess the Mahometan religion . " * See Tab . Gén . t . ii , chap . v , sec . 3 . The grand vizir Kioprili Mustafa Pasha first brought ...
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... Eton's schedule of the Turkish finances and the memoirs of the Baron de Tott should both contain so gross a geographical error . The Turks know , that the peninsula of the Morea is not formed by the gulf of Napoli , but by the gulfs of ...
... Eton's schedule of the Turkish finances and the memoirs of the Baron de Tott should both contain so gross a geographical error . The Turks know , that the peninsula of the Morea is not formed by the gulf of Napoli , but by the gulfs of ...
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... Eton deduces from this fanciful statement are , that " the present state of the Turkish finances is in- compatible with the permanence or prosperity of the state , and that the future prospect is still less promising . " " The ...
... Eton deduces from this fanciful statement are , that " the present state of the Turkish finances is in- compatible with the permanence or prosperity of the state , and that the future prospect is still less promising . " " The ...
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The Present State of Turkey Or, A Description of the Political ..., 2 tomas Thomas Thornton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1809 |
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